Christine walked slowly through the jumbles of oak trees in the forest. As she travelled, her mind was racing with thoughts on what had just happened. She realized that she had only thought about the personal consequences, when she left home that May night three years ago. She hadn't really thought of how upset Raoul might be. "After all, we had made the promise to each other, after all that we went through in the Opera House. If all that wasn't a proclamation of love, what is?" She knew that she had taken into consideration the promise when she thought f leaving, she couldn't reason why she had disregarded it. "Oh Raoul, you won't even listen to me now! If I had only known, I wouldn't have left you. I didn't realize it would be our final time together; I didn't think about the possibility of your death. If you'd only listen to me!" She walked for an hour, thinking of Raoul the whole way. On her way back (she hadn't wanted to get lost, so she retraced her exact steps on the way back) she was so caught up in her thoughts, that she failed to notice the fallen tree in front of her.
"Ouch!" She whisper-screamed, as she picked herself up off the ground. " Of all the stupid things! Trip over a tree." she said to herself as she wiped the dirt off her dress. As she started away from the fallen tree, she stopped short. She had thought of something "hmmm, I don't remember that tree being there when I first passed be this spot. It is a very large tree, I would have definitely noticed it, and I would have heard such a behemoth fall even from far away." She kept walking now, although she kept thinking about how the tree had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She thought that there was no way that it could've fallen, she had only been away from that spot for five minutes! She was very frightened by this, her walk quickened, she was breathing more heavily, she was shivering with cold, though it was the end of June. She heard a sound, and she stopped, shooting nervous looks around her. All of a sudden, she broke into frightened sprint. She kept looking, terrified, behind her, racing, about to scream, when, BANG!
Christine opened up her eyes. Everything was spinning, and she had a massive headache. She waited for a minute so her vision could become clear, and she saw what had made her fall. In front of her was this large wall. Sh must have been looking behind her, and rammed right into the wall, not having seen it. She took a look around her. It couldn't have been more than five minutes, that she had been knocked out. She looked at this wall in front of her. Again, she couldn't remember it being there. Again, it made he feel uneasy, with all the supernatural things happening to her in the past few years. She decided to just move on, and forget about the tree and the all. However, first she had to pass the wall. She looked to the left, trying to see where the wall ended. The wall was seemingly infinite, and she couldn't possibly see finding the end of it in that direction (to go around it) before sunrise, which was in about three hours. She looked at the right, and discovered the exact same circumstance. She looked up at the wall, and realized that it was only an inch above her head. "I suppose I should go over it, but how unladylike! Well, if it's all I can do" she takes one more look to the sides " I'll have to do it" . She looks about her. What could she possibly use to hoist herself over the wall? She spotted a tree branch hanging within her grasp, and she grabbed hold of it, and pulled herself up unto the branch. Since it was thick enough for someone to walk on, she walked across it, and over onto the top of the wall. She jumped down (of course holding down her dress so it wouldn't fly up, which would be quite unladylike) and started off again for the cemetery.
When she got to the gates of the cemetery, she was extremely relieved. She quickly, yet quietly opened the gate and ran inside like a frightened mouse. "What an experience!", she thought to herself. "It must have been the work of the angered Raoul. Oh my dear Raoul, I never meant to harm you truly! I feel so incredibly guilty!" She heard thunder, as she continued to walk back to the mausoleum. " I guess it is about to rain. Great, dark and dreary. Exactly how I feel." She passed Raoul's grave after she said ths, then stopped, turned and knelt next to it. As raindrops started falling, she exclaimed "Oh my Raoul, I beg for forgiveness! I truly never meant for your soul to be shattered. And I promise, if I don't die in my sleep tonight, I shall do whatever I can to join you! I swear this to the holy name of God!"